[They are] "Hur" (fair-skinned ones with intense contrast in the eyes), meaning: fair-skinned. [They are] "Maqsurat" (confined), meaning: held back "in the pavilions". Ibn Abbas said: The pavilion is a hollowed-out pearl, a parasang by a parasang, which has four thousand doors.
﴿حور﴾ أَي: بيض ﴿مقصورات﴾ محبوسات ﴿فِي الْخيام﴾ قَالَ ابْن عَبَّاس: الخيْمة: درّة مجوَّفة فَرسَخ فِي فَرسَخ، لَهَا أَرْبَعَة آلَاف مصراع.